STAMFORD -- An 8-year-old boy died Saturday evening after falling out a sixth-story window of a downtown Stamford elderly housing complex.

The boy has not been identified by police. He and his family were apparently visiting from out of state with relatives at Rippowam Manor at 11 W. North St.

Police and firefighters were called to the 10-story building at 7:24 p.m. on a report of a child who fell out of a window.

When police arrived, they found the boy on an outdoor terrace on the side of the building, said Stamford police Capt. Richard Conklin. The boy was rushed to Stamford Hospital with his father in the ambulance.

The boy was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Stamford Hospital, Conklin said.

Conklin said an initial investigation found the boy was playing with his younger sister in the sixth-floor hallway when the accident occurred.

"It appears he ran the full length of the hallway and when he put his hands out to stop himself, he popped the screen out from the open window and fell out," Conklin said. "It appears he landed on his head and pretty much died instantly."

A person at the scene said he saw paramedics performing chest compressions on a young boy as he was being loaded into an ambulance.

A second ambulance was called to the scene to treat a visibly distraught elderly woman. It is not clear if she was related to the boy.

The terrace on the west side of the building was blocked off by police tape and an officer was guarding the scene.